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Ask Lookout: Why has Santa Cruz’s water demand dropped?
The decline stems from both cultural shifts and better fixtures in homes – things like low-flow toilets and high-efficiency washing machines – said Brent Haddad, director of the Center for Integrated Water Research at UC Santa Cruz.
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Inside Trump’s Yearslong War With A Fish
“He’s seen an opportunity to weigh in on an issue where cities, by and large, have one strong opinion, and rural regions have a different one,” said Brent Haddad, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “In California, the cities are mostly Democratic voters. In the rural regions are mostly…
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Debunking 5 claims about the California wildfires
Brent Haddad, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, corrected President-elect Trump's false claims about water for firefighting efforts in the Los Angeles area. "No water restoration declaration was put before Gov. Newsom," Hadded told ABC News in an email.
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Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy
Brent Haddad, an environmental studies professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clarified that “there was never a ‘water restoration declaration’ in California that the Governor refused to sign,” and “there is no connection between environmental protection in northern California and low-flow fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades.” Haddad was also quoted on this topic in a wide…
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Panel discussing desalination in Mexico fails to include environmental impact, Mexican voices
The State Press criticized the methods of an Arizona State University panel on desalination and pointed to UCSC Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad's work on the Salton Sea Long Term Planning Project as offering a better model.
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Three climate resilience projects supported by 2023 CITRIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Program
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute and the Innovation & Business Engagement Hub collaborated to fund three projects focused on climate resilience and that align with developing solutions that address some of the California’s most pressing climate challenges.
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Is desalinated ocean water key to replenishing freshwater?
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad joined KCBS radio for their "Ask An Expert" segment to explain the challenges and opportunities associated with applying desalination technology in California.
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UCSC faculty, staff, and students support Salton Sea restoration planning
An independent review panel supported by UC Santa Cruz recently completed its work evaluating restoration options to address environmental, public health, and economic issues in the Salton Sea region.
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With A Plan To Save The Lake Rejected, What's Next For The Salton Sea?
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Hadadd joined KPCC radio show AirTalk with Larry Mantle to discuss the recommendations of an independent review panel that he supported.
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Restore the Salton Sea not to its former size but to its role in the ecosystem
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad co-authored an op-ed for Los Angeles Times about recommendations for the Salton Sea from an independent review panel that he supported.
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As Salton Sea faces ecological collapse, a plan to save it with ocean water is rejected
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad was quoted in an article by Los Angeles Times about findings from the work of an independent review panel, which Haddad and a team at UC Santa Cruz supported. This story was also shared on KCRW.
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How California’s Salton Sea went from vacation destination to toxic nightmare
Grist reporting on the Salton Sea included recent findings from the work of an independent review panel, which was supported by Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad and a UC Santa Cruz team.